Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Feb. 15

Xinhua, February 15, 2017
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A total of 834 people linked to the
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have been detained over the last two
days in anti-terror operations across Turkey, the Turkish Security
Directorate said in a written statement on Tuesday.

The operations took place in 37
different provinces, including the capital Ankara, Adana, Mersin,
Konya,and Antalya, the statement said. (Turkey-PKK-Anti-terror)

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SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir
-- Four militants and four troopers were killed Tuesday in two
separate gunfights in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir.

Three militants and an Indian army
officer were killed Tuesday late afternoon at village Kralgund of
Handwara in frontier Kupwara district, about 72 km northwest of
Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir.
(Kashmir-Militant-Kupwara)

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KIEV -- At least one person was
killed in an explosion on Tuesday morning at a chemical plant
located in the conflict-torn Donetsk city in eastern Ukraine, local
media reported.

The powerful blast occurred at the
repair shop of the Donetsk public factory of chemical products at
around 10 a.m. local time (GMT 0800), said DAN news agency, citing
the operational command of independence-seeking insurgents.
(Ukraine-Explosion-Donetsk)

The head-on collision between the
trains occurred between Bettembourg yard and Zoufftgen in southern
Luxembourg, they added.

(Luxembourg-Train-Collision)

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GENEVA -- The Office of the UN High
Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) warned Tuesday that it has
received "troubling reports" that recent clashes between Democratic
Republic of the Congo (DRC) troops and a local militia have
resulted in the death of at least 101 civilians. (Geneva-UN-Congo)
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